Kmart: Australian store pulls 'Merry Ham-mas' Christmas bag
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Kmart removed the festive-themed bag from sale after a Jewish group raised the likeness to Hamas.
  • cryptosporidium140@lemmy.worldEnglish
    471·
    1 year ago

    This is hilarious because I came up with a few people it could offend before arriving at the actual reason:

    -Jewish people (because of ham)

    -“Put the Christ back in Christmas” people

    -Vegetarians/vegans

    -Edgelords who resent even being reminded of Christmas

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        As did Isreal!

        (edit)
        Jokes aside, it also took me forever, and I went through the exact same list of who might be offended. Who reads “Ham-mas” on a christmas bag and even when saying it out loud associates it with Hamas? I mean it’s not like anybody still associates Christmas with Christ, so who cares what the first part is. Give me Crisp-mas with lots of crackers!

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        1 year ago

        Not entirely true. Go eat a ham sandwich outside a Hasidic synagogue when they’re being let out of temple; probably gonna cause a stir. Especially if said temple is in Israel proper.

        Granted, I’d find it hard to believe such a sandwich eater wasn’t trying to stir shit, so maybe getting yelled at is justified….but you see my point, i hope

        • snooggums@kbin.social
          4·
          1 year ago

          Adding context that makes it an obvious attempt to insulting does not contradict the statement that they don’t care about others eating ham. They care about the obvious intent to be offensive.

          Keep in mind that if someone was eating a sandwich it would be hard for them to even know if it was ham without the person making a scene about it.